Ink-well for desks



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W. M.v BROW INK WELL FOR DE No. 459,438. Patented Sept. 15, 1891-.

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W. M. BROWN.

INK WELL FOR DESKS. N0., 4 59,.438. Patented Sept 15, 1891.

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UNITED STATES IVALTER M. BRO WN, OF ALBANY, NEIV YORK.

INK-WELL FOR DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,438, dated September 15, 1891. Application filed February 6, 1891. Serial No. 380,445- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTER M. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkells for Desks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved ink-well for desks.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a plan view of a desk-top with my lnk-well cover. Fig.2 showsasimilar view of adesk-top having the cover removed, showing the opening in the desk-top to receive the cover and the ink-well. Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal sectional view of a desk-top, showing my well and its cover in section. Fig. 4 shows a similar View of a part of a desk-top, showing my well, its cover, and a movable plate between the cover and the well. Fig. 5 shows an edge View of a desk and my cover and movable plate and the well depending from the desk-top. Fig. 6 shows a plan view of a portion of a desk-top, its upper surface being cut away to show the bottom or floor of the opening in the desk-top and showing the movable plate and one manner of arranging it. Fig. 7 shows a similar view, showing another method of arranging the movable plate. Fig. Sshows a longitudinal sectional view of a part of a desk-top, showing my well, its cover, and movable plate and a locking device to hold the cover in position. Fig. 9 shows a plan view of the under side of the cover, showing the movable plate arranged to cover and uncover the penhole in the cover by swinging on a pivot. Fig. 10 shows a similar view of the top surface of my cover.

A full description is as follows: I preferably make an oblong opening in the desktop 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and preferably bevel the sides of the opening, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 8. This opening I prefer to sink into the desk-top to a depth equal to one-half the thickness of the top, I 110w make an opening through the floor of the ob long opening, as shown in Fig. 2.- I now make a cover 2 to fit the oblong opening and so it will slide into and out of the opening. For an ink-bottle I prefer to use the one in common use in schools, as shown in vertical section at 3 in Figs. 3, 4, and S. I now provide a movable plate 4 and place it between the cover 2 and the top of the well 3, and give it a finger-piece 5, and when it is made in the form shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 (which is a fiat piece of stiff substance, preferably metal) I make an opening through it to correspond with the pen-hole in the cover 2 and make a slot 6 in it, and drive the guidepin 7 through the slot and into the desk-top, which allows the plate 4 to slide back and forth by means of the finger-piece 5, so that the opening in the plate 4 and the pen-hole in cover 2 will coincide or be thrown out of coincidence at pleasure by drawing on the finger-piece 5 or pushing it backward. This plate 4 is preferably simply set loose in the opening in the desk-top and so it can be lifted out and placed in again on sliding out the cover 2. The preferable manner of arranging this plate 4, however, is to be seen in Figs. 9 and 10, where it will be seen to be a slip of thin substance, preferably metal, attached to the under side of the cover 2 by means of the rivet or pivot 10, the cover 2 having a slot 9 made in it and the forward end of the plate 4 turned up and rising through the slot 9 until its end is on a level with or slightly below the upper surface of the cover 2, as shown in Fig. 10. When so made the plate 4 is permanently attached to the under side of the cover and swings thereon from side to side and comes out every time the cover is taken out of its opening in the.

desk-top. I also provide a locking devicefor the cover 2, preferably as shown. at 8 in Fig. 8, which consists, preferably, of a pin attached to the end of a small spring, and passes up through the desk-top and engages with the cover 2, preferably by entering a small opening therein.

The operation is as follows: The wellbeing placed in the circular opening, as shown, and the movable plate 4 being set over the same, either as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 or attached to the cover 2, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10,

5 or pushed in, in accordance with Whether it is set to cover or uncover the pen-holein the cover by either of those movements, and asit 1s moved back and forth the opening in the movable plate 4 in those figures shown recedes from or comes into coincidence with the pen-hole and the pen-hole is opened or closed at will. When the form of plate 4 is used, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, it preferably has no opening through it, but is narrow and just covers the pen-hole in the cover 2 when in the position shown in Figs. 9 and ,10, and the pen-hole is then closed; but to open it the plate 4 is swung round by pushmg on the end of the plate 4 rising through the slot 9, and the pen-hole is uncovered.

When the well needs cleansing, the cover 2 is removed by sliding it out of its opening (any locking device used being first unlocked) and the plate 4 removed, upon which the well 3 is taken out, cleansed, and returned again.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim is 1. A desk having an ink-well in connection therewith, and a cover therefor having a penhole through it and having a movable body between the mouth of the well and the cover, said body being with or without an opening through it and arranged to be moved at will, so as to cover and uncover the pen-hole in the cover. for the purposes described.

2. An ink-well cover having a pen-hole through it and a movable plate or body attached to its under surface, said body being arranged to cover and uncover the pen-hole at will, for the purposes described.

3. A desk having an opening in the upper surface of its top, beginning with the edge or end of said top and receding into the desktop, said opening sinking partly through the desk -top and having a second opening through the remaining portion of the top, the two openings meeting and having an inkwell cover entered in the upper opening by sliding it therein from the edge or end of the desk, and having an ink-well suspended in the second opening and covered by said cover, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER M. BROWN.

WVitnesses:

J. F. HARRIS, JAMES M. BRO N, Jr. 

